Well, I never did get the chance to post anything for the t-shirt project so I shall try now.

When attempting to figure out some form of adequate symbolism for this project I kept drawing a blank. every semblance of a decent idea seemed to fade away. Then one day while sitting around with some fellow classmates having lunch I came up with a plan. We had been attempting to brainstorm for this project and just looking at our current surroundings. Since text was not an option the closest plain and simple symbol happened to catch my eye. It was the form of a man on a restroom sign. It is a very recognizable shape to everyone, both of the shapes chosen for the male and female restrooms. But what is it about them that makes them so recognizable in regards to gender? When were these images designed?
So for my parody on the back of the shirt I wanted to add certain elements to each figure to make the viewer really question gender. For the woman I ended up putting a large handle bar mustache on her face because a mustache is a very masculine symbol that isn't questioned in regards to gender. The man was a little bit more difficult. There is nothing I can really do to him in regards to adding a very feminine element that is unquestioningly female. I ended up sticking to the hair theme though and adding what first came to mind, a 50's/60's flipped out hair style. It just screams feminine in my subconscious. I wanted to add a purse but I felt that it would not transfer very well. But all in all I felt that my efforts to really communicate everything mentioned above fell short. The red details to make the parody portion of this clear on the back were far too small and I felt that this really did not go in depth enough.
But somehow it seems more worthy than a "nice try" comment on a grading sheet.